tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966376801342745709.post2406376290486751209..comments2008-10-13T23:24:14.558+11:00Comments on nobody's playground: Dipping into deMMOsnobodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16470251193640054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966376801342745709.post-55699457017140440372008-09-26T23:41:00.000+10:002008-09-26T23:41:00.000+10:00I wonder whether it makes you cruel? Or perhaps in...I wonder whether it makes you cruel? Or perhaps in a more meaningful sense creates a degree of insensitivity to online gaming experiences that might bleed over into other interactions in different environments.<BR/><BR/>As an update one industry Somebody via Edge Online suggests that the Free-to-play MMOs need to clean up <A HREF="http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/free-to-play-must-repair-tarnished-image" REL="nofollow">their reputation</A> (at least).nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470251193640054614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5966376801342745709.post-80056938746418068892008-09-26T11:15:00.000+10:002008-09-26T11:15:00.000+10:00I haven't really gotten into the big MMOs (as I su...I haven't really gotten into the big MMOs (as I suspect I'd find them highly addictive), but back in the old days on the Transformers 2005 MUSH, I would talk to people outside of the roleplaying environment. (It helped that there was a distinct IC versus OOC area). There were lots of needy people floating around, after attention and concerns. People who said that they were on the edge of suicide, people who said they had family problems. I listened with horror the first few times and slowly inured myself to these ills of the world. <BR/><BR/>Since I was mainly interested in pure escapism/immersive roleplay at the time, I eventually stoped associating with these people 'OOC' to avoid these jagged discussions of felorn neediness and just played the game. Until I flunked my first shot at a degree. (Which was a problem when you're after total immersion in a game, it consumes everything - even study time!)lotusvinehttp://lotusvine.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com